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Evidence of "Dark Traveler Theory" - Is the Traveler evil?
The Traveler supposedly saved our worlds, sacrificed itself only for our benefit. But is this really the truth? Do we have any infallible evidence to prove this? We, at Binary Star Cult, do have a theory. We believe the Traveler may not be as "holy" as it is made out to be. It may have acted only in selfish reasons, or even in malicious ones. It could have brought the Darkness to our doorstep intentionally, or it could even BE the Darkness. However, you may ask yourself, how can this theory be any more correct than the one that states the goodness of the Traveler?
The answer is: we have evidence. Or at least, we will. This is why this thread is being posted, to find, collect, and analyze the evidence of this theory. I will start it off with a piece of evidence below, from a ghost fragment. This thread is public. Anyone can put their facts or suspicions here. Don't be afraid to speak your mind. The smallest detail you may have could be the key to this entire theory.
Although we firmly believe in this theory, we do not want to be blind like some of the followers of the Traveler. If you have any piece of evidence against this theory, if you still believe the Traveler is pure, please, tell us. If we cannot challenge and refute your hypotheses, then how valid are ours?
Nevertheless, as promised, here is a bit of confirmation for the theory.
Source: [url=http://destiny.gamepedia.com/Ghost_Fragment:_The_Traveler_2]Ghost Fragment: The Traveler 2[/url]
This Grimoire card is a brief passage from "Dreams of Alpha Lupi." It says:
[quote]"This has been such a long chase. This will be the place you will fight. Fight and win.
But do you really know why you go where you go, and where this journey is taking you?
The chase leads you where you need to be, you believe.
Unless...you are being pushed."[/quote]
The final line is the key to this evidence. It questions the whole nature of our quest to revive the Traveler. It is not a particularly strong piece of evidence, but we will find more. We will find out the truth about the Traveler. We will find out if I will ever stop speaking like some kind of holy priest giving a sermon. Please, contribute to this theory, not to support any faction or cult, but to support every player of Destiny by discovering the truth.
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Edited by TannicMite7: 2/4/2015 3:24:43 AMWarning crackpot theory coming up Ok with that out of the way here's how my theory goes. The whole source of this stems from the black garden and what it implies. The black garden was made as sort of a bastion of life (don't have exact citations but it comes from a Rasputin grimmore card) and took 7 other star systems to build (again I don't have the exact grimmore card but it's one of the Rasputin ones). This was made by humans which we will associate with the traveller. Perhaps destroying said star systems to build this bastion of life endangered other life, increasing the entropy of the universe. These star systems could have very well been the homes or part of the empires of the fallen, the hive, the cabal, and/or the vex. This would imply that the traveller has the mindset that the universe will end and entropy will dominate no matter what and it's worth it to save one species or form of life for certain. The traveller obviously allocated a lot of resources to this bastion of life, this black garden. Now think of another inverse idea which still seeks to keep life in the universe, perhaps "the darkness" has these ideals. It is very well possible that the darkness has a mentality of "we all go together" and wants to work with many species or forms of life to find a solution to entropy. If this is true, it's not hard to see why these two sides would get into conflict. This would also explain why some of the factions are seemingly hell bent on killing us with no logical reason other than them being presented to us as the personification of evil, as well as the dialogue by a dreg calling a player that snuck up on them "the darkness". Going back to the point, the darkness nor the traveller are fundamentally good or evil. This whole war is simply a conflict on the means of preserving life in the universe. This is a theory and is half based on speculation but it does explain a lot about the events of the game and gives the darkness a motivation to destroy humanity and the traveller. I've created a forum of this theory in particular https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/94358514/0/0
